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. 2016 Jan 29;2016(1):CD010264. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010264.pub2

Overdevest 2011.

Trial name or title Verbiest
Methods Multi‐centre randomised controlled trial
Participants Patients (> 50 years of age) with ≥ 3 months of complaints of neurogenic intermittent claudication and considering surgical treatment are eligible for inclusion
Interventions Prolonged conservative treatment vs surgery
Outcomes Primary
  • Zurich Claudication Questionnaire

  • Shuttle walking test


Secondary
  • Demographic data

  • Neurological/clinical investigations

  • Modified Roland Disabilty Questionnaire

  • Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain in back and leg

  • Perceived recovery

  • Short Form (SF)‐36/30

  • Societal costs and utilities (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer core quality of life questionnaire (EuroQol‐5D), visual analogue scale)

  • Complications

  • Reoperation incidence

  • Operative data

  • Imaging findings

  • Participant's, neurologist’s, neurosurgeon’s, general practitioner's (GP’s) preferences at baseline

  • Timed‐up and go test

  • Short physical performance battery (SPPB)

  • MicroFET (Force Evaluating and Testing)

  • Grip strength

  • Accelerometry

Starting date N/A
Contact information  
Notes NTR2216